white laser fianium 02/2008

Southampton, United Kingdom (February 22, 2008) Fianium have extended their unrivalled supercontinuum product portfolio with the release of the new SC400 and SC-PP laser sources, offering tunable pulse repetition rate from 100kHz to 40MHz and spectral content extending from below 400nm to beyond 2.5um. The SC400 is a world first for commercial supercontinuum systems, pushing the wavelength range of the laser to below 400nm while maintaining diffraction limited beam quality across the spectrum and delivering spectral brightness in the mW’s/nm range. The laser is based on proven fiber technology and operates at a fundamental repetition rate of 40 MHz. A built-in pulse picker allows the end-user to pre-set the repetition rate of the supecontiunuum radiation from 100kHz to 40 MHz. As a standard add-on unit, the supercontinuum lasers can be equipped with a multi-channel AOTF which provides up to 8 independently controlled wavelengths in the 400-2000 nm spectral range. “ The SC400 developments have been driven by customer needs to push the supercontinuum to ever shorter wavelengths, enabling replacement of conventional DPSS, diode and gas lasers in the visible from 405nm, ” commented John Clowes, VP of Research and Development at Fianium. “ The SC-PP adds an extra degree of flexibility to the supercontinuum technology, where tunable repetition rate enables measurement of varying lifetimes at any wavelength, something which previously required expensive modulated diode laser technology at very limited and discrete wavelengths. ”